528 pages : 29 cm

"Athens to Athens is the dramatic first-ever account of the dual history of the world's foremost sporting spectacle. It is the illustrated, chronological story of the re-creation of the Olympic Games by Pierre de Coubertin, of the often tempestuous and controversial fortunes of the governing body (including three successive boycotts and the Salt Lake City scandal of 1998), together with the highs and lows of the Games themselves."--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: Survival -- I. Foundation -- II. Greek Mentor -- III. Athens (I) 1896 -- IV. Visionary -- V. Paris (II) 1900 -- VI. American Farce -- VII. St. Louis (III) 1904 -- VIII. Back to Athens, on to London -- IX. London (IV) 1908 -- X. Enchantment -- XI. Stockholm (V) 1912 -- XII. War-torn -- XIII. Antwerp (VII) 1920 -- XIV. Expansion -- XV. Chamonix (I) 1924 -- XVI. Paris (VIII) 1924 -- XVII. Passing the Baton -- XVIII. St. Moritz (II) 1928 -- XIX. Amsterdam (IX) 1928 -- XX. Beating the Crash -- XXI. Lake Placid (III) 1932 -- XXII. Los Angeles (X) 1932 -- XXIII. Veiled Evil -- XXIV. Garmisch-Partenkirchen (IV) 1936 -- XXV. Berlin (XI) 1936 -- XXVI. Post-War Austerity -- XXVII. St. Moritz (V) 1948 -- XXVIII. London (XIV) 1948 -- XXIX. Enter the Soviets -- XXX. Oslo (VI) 1952 -- XXXI. Helsinki (XV) 1952 -- XXXII. Wayward Fanaticist -- XXXIII. Cortina D'Ampezzo (VII) 1956 -- XXXIV. Melbourne (XVI) 1956 -- XXXV. Arrival of Television -- XXXVI. Squaw Valley (VIII) 1960 -- XXXVII. Rome (XVII) 1960 -- XXXVIII. Anti-Apartheid Flame -- XXXIX. Innsbruck (IX) 1964 -- XL. Tokyo (XVIII) 1964 -- XLI. Reformist's Advent -- XLII. Grenoble (X) 1968 -- XLIII. Mexico City (XIX) 1968 -- XLIV. Terror -- XLV. Sapporo (XI) 1972 -- XLVI. Munich (XX) 1972 -- XLVII. Tormented Lord -- XLVIII. Innsbruck (XII) 1976 -- XLIX. Montreal (XXI) 1976 -- L. Cold War, Hot Heads -- LI. Lake Placid (XIII) 1980 -- LII. Moscow (XXII) 1980 -- LIII. Revolutionary -- LIV. Sarajevo (XIV) 1984 -- LV. Los Angeles (XXIII) 1984 -- LVI. Reality -- LVII. Calgary (XV) 1988 -- LVIII. Seoul (XXIV) 1988 -- LIX. Excess -- LX. Albertville (XVI) 1992 -- LXI. Barcelona (XXV) 1992 -- LXII. Winter Wonderland -- LXIII. Lillehammer (XVII) 1994 -- LXIV. Centenary -- LXV. Atlanta (XXVI) 1996 -- LXVI. Athens' Reprieve -- LXVII. Nagano (XVIII) 1998 -- LXVIII. Laws and Ethics -- LXIX. Sydney (XXVII) 2000 -- LXX. China-Bound -- LXXI. Salt Lake City (XIX) 2002 -- LXXII. Going Home -- App. A. IOC Members 1894-2003 -- App. B. Olympic Games Results -- App. C. Olympic Games Medals Tables -- App. E. Current National Olympic Committees (per continent) -- App. F. Summer and Winter Games: dates and statistics -- App. G. IOC Sessions -- App. H. Olympic Congresses -- App. I. Olympic Logistics

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